How to make an automatic map of phone photos with Picasa

Picasa is Google's photo sharing service. If you have a Google account, you have this already.

The idea, again, is to take photos with your phone and have a map automatically created from them.

1. Take photo.
2. Share to Picasa (native on Android; or via email on iPhone or through apps) in an album of your choice. Don't forget to have geolocation turned on.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 as needed.
4. Visit https://picasaweb.google.com. Login with your Google account. Your photos should be in an album. Click on your album. Noticed all your photos are already mapped. Similar to Flickr, you can view it in a map, or as a slideshow. But what if you want to embed the map?

4.Click "View in Google Earth." Don't worry if you don't have the program. Click "save File" instead and make sure the file has the extension KML (example: "freeman.kml")

5. Visit http://maps.google.com and hit "My Places" and "Create map."
6. Hit "Import" and upload your kml file. BOOM!

7. Hit "done" and the link icon to get your embed in however shape you want it.

8. Paste in your site and do a silly dance, because you're done.

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Troubleshooting: Every now and then you'll get a "this map cannot be embedded."

HAHAHA. Funny Google, you.

Just get the URL and paste it in your browser. Then get your embed code.


View Freeman test in a larger map

New York Post offices new hours map

The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it's aiming to keep hundreds of rural post offices open, but with shorter hours of operation.
What follows is a map of the affected post offices in the entire state of New York, sectioned by county (and by zip code) and including the proposed hours.
RIDICULOUSLY BIG MAP OVER HERE.

A tip of the hat to the ladies at the Watershed Post for piling up the data, which I shamelessly stole with their permission to mush with other data sets into this map.
Anyway, mouse over to your town and see if you are affected. Click on the dots to check the hours.

Collaborative map with road and bridge conditions

GIS genius Don Meltz has created a collaborative map of road conditions in the Hudson Valley and the Catskills. It is amazing.

Irene

UPDATE: This map of the current hurricane season also is live. But it will come in handy later, so I'm keeping it here.

Kingston Digital Corridor mapping hot spots

If you see this sticker at any establishment in the Kingston area, the venue has Wi-Fi.


The cool kids of the Kingston Digital Corridor announced today during a networking/drinking session that they are mapping the city and that they will unveil a hot-spot map soon. They also want your help, so send them a line if you want to help.

Enjoy your porn, I mean, free Internet.